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Well Location <br />Permitted <br />Uses <br />Distance from <br />Sunday Mines <br />Group <br />Comments <br />SE 1 /4 SW 1 /a Sec. 25, <br />T44N, R18W, NMPM1 <br />Stock <br />2.4 miles <br />Well is potentially downgradient from <br />mine workings. However, the well is <br />located in the Dakota aquifer, which <br />overlies Salt Wash Aquifer and is <br />isolated from Sunday Group Mine <br />workings by Brushy Basin Confining <br />Unit. <br />NE 1 /a SW 1 /a Sec. 25, <br />T44N, R19W, NMPM <br />Industrial, <br />Domestic <br />Approximately 5 <br />miles <br />Located southwest of mine area, <br />gradient to mine area unknown. <br />NE 1 /a SE 1 /a Sec. 31, <br />T44N, R18W, NMPM <br />Domestic, <br />Stock <br />Approximately 4 <br />miles <br />Located southwest of mine area, <br />gradient to mine area unknown. <br />NW 1 /a NW 1 /a Sec. 33, <br />T45N, R18W, NMPM <br />Domestic <br />Approximately 4 <br />miles <br />Located northeast of mine area, <br />upgradient from mine areas. <br />-1. Wells Located in General Vicinity of Sunday Mines Grou <br />Notes: I New Mexico Principal Meridian <br />Section 8 <br />Groundwater Quality <br />Potential future uses of groundwater in the area of the Sunday Mines Group are <br />limited by the land ownership and the BLM Management Plan for the area. The <br />affected areas of the Sunday Mines Group are included within Management Area 3 <br />(MA 3): Natural Landscape with Limited Management. Management activities for areas <br />with this designation are defined as follows (BLM 2008): <br />Management activities are allowed, but limited, on MA 3s. They occur mostly <br />for restoration purposes needed because of natural disturbance events or past <br />management actions. Management activities may include restoration of <br />ecological conditions or habitat components; prescribed burns; wildland fire <br />use; salvage logging following fire, insect epidemics, and /or wind events; <br />hazardous fuels reduction; and invasive species reduction. Temporary road <br />construction and motorized equipment may be used in order to achieve desired <br />conditions; however, most roads would be closed upon project completion. <br />Most MA 3s emphasize non - motorized recreation opportunities, but <br />motorized travel occurs in some areas on existing roads and some trails. <br />Livestock grazing occurs on many of these lands. <br />As described in the BLM Management Plan designation, BLM intends to manage this <br />area with very limited disturbance. Future development that would be expected is <br />continued mining in the area of the Sunday Mines Group. In addition, oil and gas <br />exploration and /or additional uranium exploration may occur. It is unlikely that <br />either the land ownership or the land uses in this area will change markedly in the <br />future. As a result, groundwater uses are not expected to change markedly in the <br />foreseeable future. <br />C \Users\cwoodward\DesMop \Sundays \FINAL - Environmental Protection Plan Sunday Mines Revised January 2012 docx <br />8 -7 <br />